Improvement in corn-planters



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CORN-PLANTER. No.18Z,820. Q Patented Oct. 3', 18 16.

NI'I'ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LYSANDER L. HAWORTH, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,820, dated October 3, 1876 application filed February 3, 1876.

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LYSANDER L. HAWORTH, of Decatur, Macon county, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in 'Oorn-Plan ters; and I hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

My invention consists in certain improvements in corn-planters, hereinafter more speclfically described and claimed.

In order that those skilled in the art may.

leys e 6, central vibrating bifurcated arms f f, and forward-projecting arms '5 '5, whose ends form journals for a bar, E, which bears in its center a cross-arm, G, having eyes a n at each end. From each end of this journaled bar E project arms F F, bifurcated'as at l, and

one leg turned over to form a hook, it. In the slots in the ends of the arms F F are frictionrollers 2 2, on which runs the rope bearing the buttons 3 3, which operate the planting devices.

On the end of the arms 2' i are stops 0 '0 to limitthe movement of the oscillating arms F F. The lower end of the stud N which bears the arms ff has on it an arm, 4, which has an eye to receive one end of a link, 5, the other end engaging with the eye a in the bar G. Another link, 6, engages one end in the eye a of the cross-arm g and the other end with the sliding cut-ofl' P in the bottom of the hopper of the planter.

The link 6 is twisted at p so as to form an eye into which engages a link, 20, that leads to an auxiliary grain-feeder, 0", located in the standard 8 behind the share 9.

Through holes 10 10 in the standards a it,

immediately beneath the handles cl d, is a rod, 12, bent as shown, and swinging loosely, to form legs 12 12 to support the planter when at rest. These legs, swinging loosely, do not in any way affect the forward or backward movement of the planter.

The operation of the planter is as follows:

The planter, being in the position shown in and at the same time, by means of the link 6, forces the slide P in the bottom of the hopper to a position where the grain will drop through into the drill 17 so that as the button slips through the hook n passes around the pulley e and engages in the slot in the arm f, and by means of the arm 4 and link 5 on the stud N the eye a is retracted and the arms F F are again thrown in the position seen in Fig. 1. The grain is thrown into the furrow by the supplemental dropper r actuated by the link 20. It is evident that wooden blocks may be put on the ends of the rod 12 to give it more bearing-surface and shorten the rods accord-' ingly. It is also evident that the rod may be run through the frame around the wheel B,

and thus greatly decrease the expense of the legs.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of bar E, having crossarm G and forked arms F F, with sliding cu toft' feed P, alternate acting vertical feed 7', and links 6 and 20, and so arranged and operating substantially as described.

2. The bar E, bearing the oscillating arms F F and cross-arm G, in combination with a stud, N, having vibrating arms f, f, and 4, and thelink 5, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LYSANDER L. HAWORTH.

Witnesses:

M. HAWORTH, W. W. KERR. 

